The success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
EARL WARRENBefore this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower.
More Earl Warren Quotes
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Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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Those who serve upon our juries have maintained a standard of fairness and excellence and demonstrated a vision toward the administration of justice that is a wellspring of inspiration.
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In mid-life the man wants to see how irresistible he still is to younger women. How they turn their hearts to stone and more or less commit a murder of their marriage I just don’t know, but they do.
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We are now at the point where we must decide whether we are to honour the concept of a plural society which gains strength through diversity, or whether we are to have bitter fragmentation that will result in perpetual tension and strife.
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Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don’t worry about it, that’s the way we learn.
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To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.
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Today, as always, the people, no less than the courts, must remain vigilant to preserve the principals of our Bill of Rights, lest in our desire to be secure we lose our ability to be free.
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When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.
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Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.
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The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education.
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Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower.
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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